Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 1, 2025
April 17, 2019
Glossary: Trade
From admirabile commercium to wampum, the language of markets and deals.
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April 16, 2019
A Very Great Change
The 1868 presidential election through the eyes of a Southern white woman.
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April 15, 2019
Incidents in the Life of Harriet Jacobs
A virtual tour of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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April 12, 2019
The Rest Is History
Weird melancholy, magic healers, and ancient fast food.
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April 11, 2019
Wegener at Sea
The beauty of a place previously unknown to twentieth-century scientists.
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April 09, 2019
The Need for Speed Limits
The symbiotic growth of the automobile industry and law enforcement.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.